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The secondary education concentration will prepare students to transfer to a four-year institution to earn a bachelor's degree in an academic discipline and teacher licensure (grade 9-12) in the state of Illinois.  

The associate in science (A.S.) degree is designed to complete the lower-division (freshman and sophomore) portion of a bachelor of science degree in STEM-related majors. As a result, the A.S. degree does not include the entire General Education Core Curriculum (GECC). Therefore, students will need to complete MORE general education courses after transfer by completing the GECC curriculum while enrolled at the participating Illinois transfer institution OR fulfilling the general education requirements of their selected non-participating transfer institution.

Estimated Program Cost

The following figures are based on 2024-25 tuition and fee rates and the course fees in the Class Schedule for the required minimum number 64 credit hours.

  In-District Out-of-District Out-of-State
Tuition $9,600.00 $23,040.00 $25,728.00
Fees $1,152.00 $1,152.00 $1,152.00
Course Fees * $0.00 * $0.00 * $0.00
Total Tuition and Fees $10,752.00 $24,192.00 $26,880.00

* Note: Course fees may vary depending upon the classes that a student completes within an academic program. The course fee above is only an estimation and represents the maximum course fees possible; it is likely that course fees will be lower than the estimation above.